This is one of the few movies that play in the times of the so- called The Thirty Years' War, that was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts on Central European soil (1618-1648), around 8 million people died through war, hunger and illnesses like the Black Death.
I just remember Flesh and Blood (Rutger Hauer, director Paul Verhoeven in 1985) and recently Black Death (2010) with Sean Bean and Carice van Houten (ofc playing a sexy as hell witch) playing at these times of hardship.
The movie got two really great actors - Omar Sharif and Michael Caine and involves everything that the dark medieval times in our imagination evoke: war, religious superstition, witchcraft, witchhunt, death, the Black Death.
The story: a band of mercenaries occupies a from war untouched valley and peacefully coexist with German Catholic villagers, but the balance is very delicate and the Captain, leader of the mercenaries, must rule with an iron fist and his and the wits of a teacher to keep the peace, as the peaceful coexistence is endangered by the power struggle with a fanatic Catholic priest and the richest landowner in the valley, and the greed of his soldiers.
The movie looks a little dated but the story and the good acting make this one a little, maybe forgotten gem. If you like the other mentioned movies this one is definitely a movie for you.
I just remember Flesh and Blood (Rutger Hauer, director Paul Verhoeven in 1985) and recently Black Death (2010) with Sean Bean and Carice van Houten (ofc playing a sexy as hell witch) playing at these times of hardship.
The movie got two really great actors - Omar Sharif and Michael Caine and involves everything that the dark medieval times in our imagination evoke: war, religious superstition, witchcraft, witchhunt, death, the Black Death.
The story: a band of mercenaries occupies a from war untouched valley and peacefully coexist with German Catholic villagers, but the balance is very delicate and the Captain, leader of the mercenaries, must rule with an iron fist and his and the wits of a teacher to keep the peace, as the peaceful coexistence is endangered by the power struggle with a fanatic Catholic priest and the richest landowner in the valley, and the greed of his soldiers.
The movie looks a little dated but the story and the good acting make this one a little, maybe forgotten gem. If you like the other mentioned movies this one is definitely a movie for you.